The 2016 Nobel Prize Awarded to Autophagy Research

Autophagy: How “Self-Cleaning” Cells Are Key to Curing Disease

Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi just won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.” Autophagy, derived from the Greek, literally means “self-eating.”

How Cell Clean HouseDaniel J. Klionsky and Vojo Deretic
Worn-out proteins, malfunctioning organelles, invading microorganisms: all are swept up by tiny internal “vacuum cleaners” that keep a living cell healthy. If the process, called autophagy, can be …

Autophagy in Human Health and DiseaseAugustine M.K. Choi, M.D., Stefan W. Ryter, Ph.D., and Beth Levine, M.D.
Worn-out proteins, malfunctioning organelles, invading microorganisms: all are swept up by tiny internal “vacuum cleaners” that keep a living cell healthy. If the process, called autophagy, can be …

Autophagy JournalsEditor-in-Chief: Daniel J. Klionsky
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy …

Autophagy: The Higgs Particle of Biology?drugbaron
With all the excitement surrounding the discovery of a particle that might be the elusive Higgs Boson this week, it set DrugBaron wondering what might be the equivalent in biology …